50 GPSMAP ® 4000/5000 Series Owner’s ManualDigital Selective CallingDSCViewing the DSC ListThe DSC List is a log of the most-recent DSC calls and other DSC contacts you have entered. TheDSC List can contain up to 100 entries. The DSC List shows the most-recent call from a boat. If asecond call is received from the same boat, it replaces the first call in the Call List. To view the DSCList, from a chart screen, select Menu > Other Vessels > DSC List.Receiving Distress CallsIf your Garmin chartplotter and VHF radio are connected via NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000, yourchartplotter alerts you when your VHF radio receives a DSC distress call. If position informationwas sent with the distress call, that information is also available and recorded with the call.The symbol designates a distress call in the DSC List and marks the position of a vessel on theNavigation Chart at the time a DSC distress call is sent.When you receive a DSC distress call:1. Select Review to view details about the call.2. Select from one of the following options:Call with Radio—although the radio will automatically switch to monitor Channel 16 whenit receives a distress call, you can use this option to set up an individual routine call with theradio to call the vessel in distress (page 52). This option is only available if you are using aGarmin NMEA 2000-compatible VHF radio.Edit—edit the vessel name and add a comment. If your radio is tracking the position of thevessel, select Trail to show or hide the trail line for the vessel, and select Trail Line to changethe line color.Clear Report—delete the call report.Navigate To—Go To or Route To the position sent with the distress call (page 21).The symbol marks the position of the vessel on the Navigation Chart at the time a DSCdistress call is sent.Create Waypoint—set a waypoint at the position sent with the distress call.Next Page/Previous Page—toggle between details related to the distress call and aNavigation Chart marking the position sent with the distress call.Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from a VHF RadioWhen your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible radio and youinitiate a man-overboard DSC distress call from your radio, your Garmin chartplotter displaysthe man-overboard screen and prompts you to navigate to the man-overboard point. If you havea Garmin autopilot system connected to the network, your chartplotter prompts you to start aWilliamson’s turn to the man-overboard point.If you cancel the man-overboard distress call on the radio, the chartplotter screen prompting you toactivate navigation to the man-overboard location is no longer displayed.Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from the ChartplotterWhen your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible radio and youactivate navigation to a man-overboard location, the radio displays the Distress Call page to initiatea man-overboard distress call. On the radio, press and hold the DISTRESS key for at least threeseconds to send the distress call.For information on placing distress calls from your radio, see your Garmin VHF Radio Owner’sManual. For information on activating navigation to a man-overboard location, see page 23.••••••